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Originally Posted by aarono2690
As a dumb American who is barely following Brexit it seems like they are a guy who proposed because he felt like it was the next logical relationship stage, but is just going through motions and really doesn’t want to get married so he is being very passive aggressive and pushing the wedding further and further out.
What’s the probability of politicians just saying, “Yeah, we ****ed up that referendum. We’ll stay, sorry.” Is it possible or are they legally forced to follow the referendum?
The referendum was 'advisory', i.e not legally binding.
The chances of them saying we "****ed up and are staying" period is close to zero. It would rightly be seen as an attack on democracy. Brexit
could get reversed after and probably only after another referendum. For various reasons it is not clear how likely that is, for example what would the second referendum question be? May's deal v. remain? Leavers who consider May's deal tepid at best would consider this a stitch up. So: May's deal v. Hard Brexit? May's deal v. remain v. Hard Brexit in a ranked choice ballot? And how could May even advocate her deal v. remain when she voted remain in the referendum? And so on.
Politicians don't admit they ****ed up so quickly. How many high profile Brexiters have said "actually I made a mistake"? How many high profile Leavers have said "actually May's deal surpasses remaining"? In both cases the answer is very close to zero. (there are some
exceptions).
Politicians might admit they ****ed up in a few years time but there's not going to be some big mea culpa in the next twelve days.
Last edited by PartyGirlUK; 03-17-2019 at 01:19 PM.
Reason: Your analogy is pretty pretty good. There's an overwhelming consensus of parliament that wishes this would all just go away.